…..See full list of Appointees nationwide.
….TINUBU APPOINTS JEGA, OLANIPEKUN, ALI, 552 OTHERS AS CHAIRMEN OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of 555 individuals to serve as Chairman and members of the Governing Council of Federal Government Tertiary Institutions.
Some notable Nigerians who made the appointments list include former Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman Attahiru Jege, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, Chief Yusuf Ali, SAN, former SGF Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, and the APC Chairman in Ondo State, Engr Ade Adetimehin.
Other appointees from Ondo State include Convener of Ibi Giga Ambassadors, Chief Alex Ajipe; an APC chieftain, Dr Seun Bosede Osamaye and a former Ondo state Women Affairs Commissioner, Princess Omowunmi.
While Adetimehin is the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, Ajipe is a member of the University of Ibadan Governing Council, Osamaye will serve as Council member at Federal College of Education, Okene, Kogi state and Omowunmi is a new Council member for Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna state as well as a former State Agriculture Commissioner under Adefarati’s administration, R. Olarenwaju Kazeem who is a member of Uthman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto Governing Council; Adegboyega Adedipe and Bode Sumonu also made the list.
Jega will become Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Board of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto in Sokoto State, while Olanipekun has been appointed Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Board of the University of Lagos in Akoka, Lagos State.
Ali is the new Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while Ahmed, the former SGF, is Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Board at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna State.
The inauguration and the retreat for Chairmen and Members of the tertiary institution Governing Councils will be held on Thursday, May 30th and Friday, May 31st, 2024.
A few days ago, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) threatened a nationwide strike to protest the lack of governing councils in all federal universities across the country.
